Programs

Calendar 2016-2017:

ONGOING PROGRAMS:

Bread & Belonging

Bread & Belonging, a weekly student gathering for dinner and conversation, meets every Tuesday, 5:30-7:00, in The CIRCLE Common Room on the 3rd floor of The Old Union Building, throughout Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters. Join us for a home-cooked vegetarian dinner followed by Bible study, discussion, or worship. All are welcome.

Peace+Justice Studies Initiative

Peace & Justice Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that emphasizes the study of nonviolent and transformative approaches to problems such as injustice and violence. Areas of study include the following. During the 2012-13 academic year, several faculty, students and UCCM Pastor Geoff collaborated to submit a grant proposal to develop several new courses related to peace and justice studies and to identify courses that already exist that support this academic and scholarly inquiry. In May of 2013 this group of faculty and students received a 3-year grant to develop these courses and identify other courses that are already being taught that conform to these guidelines:

Nonviolence, violence, and civil resistance: theories and meanings of nonviolence and violence; history, principles and methods of dissent, communication, art, organizing, and individual and social change.

The Issues in Liberation Class is a class through the Religious Studies department with Professor Tom Sheehan. Pastor Geoff Browning and Rev. Abby Mohaupt co-teach the class with Professor Sheehan. The class has an interdisciplinary format studying the political, historical, economical and religious history of El Salvador (2010 – 2014) or Nicaragua (2015 and 2016). The class culminates in a spring-break trip to Central America, which brings to life the many concepts learned in class. You can follow our journeys to El Salvador and Nicaragua at our blog sites:Stanford In El Salvador
http://stanfordinnicaragua.blogspot.com/Student-produced videos from this year’s trip are here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtGDzbdmN5kand here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jH9eg788o

The class is on hold this year while we seek out continued funding and new opportunities to explore issues of immigration. Tune in later this year for an update. In the mean time…

Crossing Borders Bible Study

Immigration is a hot topic this election season. Join us for an exploration of the Biblical themes of migration, exile, and immigration in the context of justice and “fear of the other”. This is a Bible study that will discuss not only the spiritual meaning of scripture, but also its implications in our lives, our communities, and our nation.